Catamenial pad



June 10, 1958 w. M. KOWALSKI 2,838,048

CATAMENIAL PAD Filed March 21, 1955 fiiiiiiill i iiii INVENTOR. Wd/ ?F M(duet/5K5! BY 73% q i/b'ail ATTOE/VEY CATAMENIAL PAD Walter M. Kowalski,New York, N. Y.

Application March 21, 1955, Serial No. 495,410

1 Claim. (Cl. 128-290) This invention is an improvement in pads andmeans for retaining a pad in position, and particularly catamenial padsand holding means therefor.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a catamenial pad thatcan be secured to the person of the wearer beneath the outer clothingWithout being connected to a belt or girdle and without mechanicalattaching devices such as hooks, buttons, loops or other elements incommon use for fastening purposes.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a pad that issimple, effective and convenient, and adapted to be easily put in itsintended place and Worn comfortably till the need therefore is no longerpresent.

The nature and advantages of the invention are clearly set forth hereinand the characteristics of the improvement are defined in the claim. Onthe accompanying drawings I illustrate a preferred embodiment of theimprovement, but variations in minor respects may be made withoutmaterially altering or omitting any of the essential features by whichthe invention is distinguished.

On said drawings,

Figure 1 is a bottom view of a catamenial pad according to my invention;

Figure 2 is a side view thereof in section, taken centrally along Figure1; and

Figure 3 is a sectional detail- The body of the pad is indicated at 1.The material thereof is absorbent, and of the required length, breadthand thickness, to fit easily on the part of the body to which it isapplied. The body has a cover 2 of porous material such as mesh cloth ortissue paper, which is wrapped upon the core or body 1 and its edgesoverlap in two or more layers, the underlying edge portion beingindicated at 3 and the overlying'edge portion being indicated at 4.

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2 Preferably the cover is longer than the body and its ends are open.Along the overlapped edges I attach a strip 5, with adhesive on bothfaces, and upon this strip is laid a cover strip 6.

The strips 5 and 6 are of nearly equal length and about as long as thecover 2. The adhesive on the inner face of the strip 5 makes contactwith the cover along the overlapping edges 3 and 4, and preventsseparation of said edges, thus binding the cover along its length. Theadhesive on the outer face of the strip 5 is overlaid by the strip 6,and the handling of the pad is thus facilitated.

When the pad is required, the cover strip 6, which may protrude a littlebeyond the strip 5 at one end, as at 7, is pulled off and the pad isthen disposed in place, with the face of the pad bearing the strip 5lowermost.

The exposed adhesive on the outer face engages the wearers panties, slipor other undergarment inside and nothing more is necessary to maintainthe pad where it is required till it can be finally discarded. The twolayers of adhesive on the strip 5 are indicated at 8 in Figure 7.

The utility of the improvement is therefore quite apparent. The pad doesnot have to be united to the wearers belt or girdle with pins or anyother type of fastener because the strip 5 sticks to the undergarmentand prevents displacement until the necessity for its use is ended.

The ends of the cover are closed by pressure when the article is worn. 7

Having described my invention, what I believe to be new is:

A catamenial pad comprising an absorbent body, a porous cover thereforenclosing the body, the cover having longitudinal overlapping edges, theends of the cover extending beyond the ends of the body, a strip havingadhesive on its entire inner face engaging the cover along the fulllength of said edges to secure the cover upon the body, said striphaving adhesive on the Whole of its outer face also, and a second stripas long as the aforesaid strip covering to the outer face of thefirst-named strip, said second strip being removable so that theadhesive strip will attach itself to the wearers clothing.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,273,873 Klein Feb. 24, 1942 2,295,016 Scribner Sept. 8, 1942 2,512,713Cahill June 27, 1950 2,690,415 Schuler Sept. 28, 1954

